The court-packing controversy -- The size of the Supreme Court : a history -- FDR's court-packing plan -- The history of the law-politics dichotomy -- The myth of the law-politics dichotomy (or, understanding the law-politics dynamic) -- Implications of the law-politics dynamic -- The Roberts Court's conservatism -- Conclusion : court-packing and Supreme Court legitimacy.
Summary:
"Challenges the argument that court-packing will politicize the Court and undermine its institutional legitimacy, arguing that the "law-politics dichotomy" is a myth because politics always has and always will influence Supreme Court decision-making"-- Provided by publisher.
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